Coin till



J.-D. PETTIT.

COIN TILL.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 22, 1921.

1,438,135. Paten oed Dec. 5,1922.

L/OH/V Q P 777 By I ATTORNEYS Patented 5, i922.

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Application filed me 22,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that T, Jenn D. Pnrrrr, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Hollywood, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and Improved vCoin Till, of which the following is a description.

The general object of my invention is to provide a coin holder or till adapted to hold coins of various denominations in stacks and constructed and arranged to promote strength with simplicity of construction and so arranged as to promote convenience in the placing and removal of the coins.

Reference is to be had to the accompany-. ing drawings forming a part of this specification, it being understood that the drawings are merely illustrative of one example of the invention.

Figure 1 is a top view bodying my invention;

Figure 2 is a front view thereof;

Figure 3 is a bottom view;

Figure l is a horizontal section on the line 44, Fig. 2;

' Figures 5 and 6 are transverse vertical sections respectively on the lines 55 and 66, Figure 1; I

Figure 7 is a fragmentary rear view;

Figure 8 is a sectional perspective view showing a detail of the coin till at the top; v Figure 9 is a perspective view showing the till in position on a counter.

The device may be secured to a cash drawer, or may be secured to a counter to lie flush with the latter as is shown in Figure 9.

In carrying out my invention in accordance with the illustrated example, the top 10, back 11 and bottom 12 are formed integrally and stamped up from sheet metal. The back at the central portion is depressed as at 13 to permit the till to slip or fit over the usual lock-cylinder generally found on the outside of a cash-drawer and make a close and tight fit againstthe drawer. At the back adjacent to the side edges are similar depressions 14, the depressed portions having a vertical series of key-hole slots 15 whereby the device may be engaged with projecting screws on the supporting structure. By forming the slots 15 in the depressed portions, the back fits snugly against the structure to which it is fastened and at the same time resiliency is given the part in which the key-hole slots are formed to of a coin till em- 1921. Serial 1%. 479,525-

thereby give a better engagement of the back with the engaged screws or the like.

The ends 16- and front 17 are formed integrally and separatefrom the .top, backand front element. Integral also with the front 17 is a series of vertical tubesl8 to recei-vecoins of various denominations in stacks. The front is formed with a vertical sight slot or opening-19 'ateach coin tube 18 for readily noting the amount offcoins in the respective stacks. 20 are formed in the top 10 in register with Round openings the columns for the placing of the stacks of i i coins, the material at thetop being formed with depending annular flanges 20 at each opening 20, said flanges snuglyfitting with-,

in the upper ends of the tubes 18 to firmly hold thelatter. The bottom 12 is formed with depressions, 21, at the bases of each tube 18, the depressed portions being rounded at the inner e'nds as clearly seen in Fig: ure 3 to snugly receive within the depressed portions the lower ends of'the columns 18.

Thus, the flanges 20 at the upper ends of the columns fit within the columns whereas the metal at the depressed portions 21 extend at the outside of the columns. The depressed portions 21 are open at the front.

for the removal ofthe lowermost coin in a column and said depressed portions are formed with longitudinal slots 22 extending from the front of the till for the convenient grasping of the coin to be removed. As a further bracing for the columns a portion of the material cut to form the slots 22 is upturned as at 23 to lie against the backs of the columns 18.

To secure the top 10 to the front 17 said top is formed with locking flanges 24 between the slots 19, and the upper edge of the front is formed with flanges 25 which are bentyinto U-shape and engaged with the flange members 24: by a seamed connection between the front and the top. Similarly, the lower edge of the front 21 is formed with upturned flanges 26 about which are seamed the U-shaped flanges 27 formed on the bottom 12. Thus, the till is formed of two members. the one including the top 10,

back 11, and bottom 12, and the other, the

ends 16, front 17, and columns 18, the two elements being seamed together as described to form a unitary structure. and at the same time to firmly hold thecolumns 18 against displacement.

I would state in conclusion that while the i Lesenee illustrated example constitutes a practical embodiment of my inventioml do not limit myself strictly to the mechanical details herein illustrated, since manifestly the same can be considerably varied Without departurefrom the spirit of the invention as delined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A; coin till including a sheet metal element forming the top, hack and bottom of the till, and a second element forming the front and ends of the till, said front hat-fling integral tubular columns at the inner side thereof, and being seamed to the top and bottom, and the top having openings in register with said columns the bottom of the till having depressions below the general plane of the bottom Within which the lower ends of the columns are received the top presenting annular depending flanges ex tending Within the upper ends of the columns, said depressed portions being open at the front for the removal of the lowermost coins in the stacks.

2. A sheet metal coin till adapted to receive tubular columns in which coins may be stacked, the top of the till having openings in register With said columns, the back of said structure having a central depression to accommodate a cash-drawer lockcylinder and having additional vertical depressions at the sides, said depressed side portions having key-hole slots therein for engagernent of the back with headed supporting elements.

A coin till formed of. sheet metal having tubular columns in which coins may be stacked a bottom therefor, said bottom having depressions between the general plane thereof for accommodating Within the same the lower ends of the columns, the front ends of said depressed portions bein open for the removal of the coin ant. tllfila, being transverse slots in said transverse portion to permit of the coin being grasped.

4:. sheet metal coin till, the top, heel; and bottom of Which are formed integral, and the front and ends being formed integral in a separate element, said front having at the inner side thereof integral coinreceiving columns and presenting vertical sight slots in said columns, together with series of flanges respectively on the front and on the top and bottom seamed together between the si 'ht columns.

JOHN D. PETTIT. 

